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E.g., 03/21/2023
Publié le 03.15.2023
Molecular mechanism of LDL cholesterol regulation
In a crucial step towards understanding the mechanisms of cardiovascular disease and certain cancers, a research team has achieved a world first: finding the molecular mechanism by which the PCSK9 protein degrades the receptors for LDL - low-density lipoproteins - the molecules in the blood that transport cholesterol to the cells that use it. The degradation of LDL receptors leads to an increase...
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Publié le 13/01/2023
IPERION HS: free-of-charge access to three beamlines at SOLEIL in cultural heritage
Submit your projects before 28/02 for a free-of-charge access to analysis techniques in heritage science at SOLEIL!
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Publié le 05/10/2022
Julie's thesis - episode 6 - The defense
For this 6th and last episode of our series, we follow Julie during the final weeks of her PhD: the writing of her thesis, the rehearsals, and then the great day of the oral defense. A lot of emotion...
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Publié le 29/06/2022
SOLEIL Highlights 2021
The non-profit civil company Synchrotron SOLEIL was created in 2001. This new edition of our Highlights looks back on the twentieth anniversary of this creation, a year still marked by the pandemic...
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Publié le 22/06/2022
The FSP and Synchrotron SOLEIL renew their framework agreement for cooperation in the...
On 21 June 2022, the renewal of the framework agreement between the Fondation des Sciences du Patrimoine (FSP) and SOLEIL was signed by Isabelle Pallot-Frossard, President of the FSP, and Jean...
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Publié le 15/03/2022
Julie's PhD thesis - episode 5 - The « Institut National du Patrimoine »
For the penultimate episode of this series, we meet again Julie Gordon, doctoral student at the MONARIS laboratory and at the SOLEIL synchrotron, who is finalizing her research work on the alteration...
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Publié le 14/03/2022
The patinas of Lunéville château sandstones under the SOLEIL X-rays
Lunéville château, aka the "Versailles of Lorraine", built in sandstone of the region, has had an eventful history marked by several fires. The most recent one, in 2003, was devastating, destroying...
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Publié le 16/02/2022
In search of the tools of the first bronze craftsmen in western France
The invention and diffusion of copper and bronze metallurgy in Europe constituted a true technical innovation for societies in the middle of the 3rd millennium BC. On the archaeological sites of...
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Publié le 28/10/2021
Breast cancer: link between inflammation and microcalcifications
In France, each year, breast cancer represents one third of new cancer cases in women. The incidence of this cancer is increasing, but fortunately with a decreasing mortality rate. Despite this...
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Publié le 21/10/2021
How was ancient armor made? A case study on the productions of a famous 16th century...
For several years, interdisciplinary research on weaponry has been carried out in order to question the place of weapons in ancient societies through the study of materials. Physicochemical analysis...
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Publié le 27/07/2021
SOLEIL Highlights 2020
It is obviously impossible to summarize the year 2020 without mentioning the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced us all to change our way of interacting and working. However, the...
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Publié le 26/07/2021
Conceptual Design Report for SOLEIL Upgrade
This document, which you can download, presents the conceptual design of an upgrade of Synchrotron SOLEIL accelerators, beamlines and infrastructure. The project is planned in two phase of 5 years...
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